wasabi

wasabi

See also: Wasabi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山葵 (wasabi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wəˈsɑːbi/

• Audio (RP)

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• enPR: wä'sə-bē, wə-sä'-bē
• Rhymes: -ɑːbi

Noun

wasabi (usually uncountable, plural wasabis)

1. A pungent green Japanese condiment made from the plant Eutrema japonicum (syn. Wasabia japonica).
2. An imitation of this condiment made from horseradish with green dye.

Synonyms

• Japanese horseradish
• green mustard

Translations

green Japanese condiment

Arabic: وَسَابِي‎ m (wasābī) Armenian: վասաբի (vasabi) Assamese: ৱাচাবী (wasabi) Belarusian: васа́бі n (vasábi) Bulgarian: васа́би n (vasábi) Chinese: Cantonese: 山葵 (saan1 kwai4) (formal), wasabi (waa6 saa1 bi4) (loanword) Mandarin: 山葵 (zh) (shānkuí), 哇沙比 (wāshābǐ) (loanword) Danish: wasabi Esperanto: vasabio Estonian: vasaabi Finnish: wasabi (fi) French: wasabi (fr) m German: Wasabi (de) m Greek: γουασάμπι (gouasámpi) Hebrew: ואסאבי‎ (he) (vasabi) Hindi: वसाबी (vasābī) Indonesian: wasabi Italian: wasabi m Japanese: 山葵 (ja) (わさび, wasabi) Khmer: វ៉ាសាប៊ី (vaasaabii) Korean: 와사비 (ko) (wasabi), 고추냉이 (gochunaeng'i) Lao: ວາຊາບິ (lo) (wā sā bi) Macedonian: васа́би n (vasábi) Marathi: वासाबी (vāsābī) Persian: واسابی‎ (vâsâbi) Polish: wasabi (pl) n Portuguese: wasabi Russian: васа́би (ru) m (vasábi) Spanish: wasabi (es) m Swedish: wasabi (sv) c Tagalog: wasabi Thai: วาซาบิ (th) (waa-saa-bì) Ukrainian: васа́бі m (vasábi), япо́нський хрін m (japónsʹkyj xrin) Urdu: وسابی‎ (vasābī) Vietnamese: wasabi Yiddish: וואַסאַבי‎ (vasabi)

Anagrams

• Swabia

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Chinese

Alternative forms

• 華沙比／华沙比

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山葵 (wasabi).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁶ saa¹ bi⁴, waat⁶ saa¹ bi⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: waa⁶ saa¹ bi⁴, waat⁶ saa¹ bi⁴
    • Yale: wah sā bìh, waaht sā bìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁶ saa¹ bi⁴, waat⁹ saa¹ bi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁶ sa¹ bi⁴, wad⁶ sa¹ bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²² saː⁵⁵ piː²¹/, /waːt̚² saː⁵⁵ piː²¹/

Noun

wasabi

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) wasabi

Synonyms

• 山葵 (shānkuí)
• 芥辣

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山葵 (wasabi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑsɑbi/, [ˈwɑs̠ɑbi]
• Rhymes: -ɑsɑbi
• Syllabification^(key): wa‧sa‧bi

Noun

wasabi

1. wasabi (condiment)
2. wasabi (plant)

Declension

Inflection of wasabi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		wasabi	wasabit
genitive		wasabin	wasabien
partitive		wasabia	wasabeja
illative		wasabiin	wasabeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		wasabi	wasabit
accusative	nom.	wasabi	wasabit
	gen.	wasabin
genitive		wasabin	wasabien
partitive		wasabia	wasabeja
inessive		wasabissa	wasabeissa
elative		wasabista	wasabeista
illative		wasabiin	wasabeihin
adessive		wasabilla	wasabeilla
ablative		wasabilta	wasabeilta
allative		wasabille	wasabeille
essive		wasabina	wasabeina
translative		wasabiksi	wasabeiksi
instructive		—	wasabein
abessive		wasabitta	wasabeitta
comitative		—	wasabeineen

Possessive forms of wasabi (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	wasabini	wasabimme
2nd person	wasabisi	wasabinne
3rd person	wasabinsa

Synonyms

• (condiment, rarely): japaninpiparjuuri
• (plant): japaninpiparjuuri, maustekrassi

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山葵(わさび) (wasabi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waˈsabi/
• Rhymes: -bi, -i
• Hyphenation: wa‧sa‧bi

Noun

wasabi (first-person possessive wasabiku, second-person possessive wasabimu, third-person possessive wasabinya)

1. (cooking) wasabi: the Japanese horseradish (Eutrema japonicum, Wasabia japonica)

Further reading

• “wasabi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

wasabi

1. Rōmaji transcription of わさび
2. Rōmaji transcription of ワサビ

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 山葵 (wasabi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waˈsa.bi/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -abi
• Syllabification: wa‧sa‧bi

Noun

wasabi n (indeclinable)

1. wasabi (plant Eutrema japonicum)

   Synonyms: chrzan japoński, wasabia japońska

2. wasabi (green Japanese condiment)

Further reading

• wasabi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wasabi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 山葵 (wasabi).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /waˈsa.bi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /waˈsa.bi/ [waˈsa.βi]

Noun

wasabi m (uncountable)

1. wasabi (pungent Japanese condiment)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山葵 (wasabi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waˈsabi/ [waˈsa.β̞i], /ɡwaˈsabi/ [ɡwaˈsa.β̞i]
• Rhymes: -abi
• Syllabification: wa‧sa‧bi

Noun

wasabi m (uncountable)

1. wasabi

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Swedish

Noun

wasabi c

1. wasabi

Declension

Declension of wasabi
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	wasabi	wasabin	—	—
Genitive	wasabis	wasabins	—	—

References

• wasabi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• wasabi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• wasabi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)